Research Internship
Chainlink Labs
Boston, MAFresher3d agovia LinkedIn
About the Role
Chainlink Labs is seeking Research Interns to build secure and flexible decentralized oracle technologies. Research Engineers will work with domain experts in applied cryptography, mechanism design (cryptoeconomics), distributed systems, and other disciplines to identify and solve research challenges and build production solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Work with Chainlink core engineering to identify short- and long-term research challenges and transition innovations into production.
- Work with research scientists and technical advisors to study, invent, and build cutting-edge oracle technologies.
- Stay abreast of the evolution of relevant technology ecosystems and participate in technical communities to guide research toward practical work.
Required Qualifications
- B.S. in computer science or equivalent professional experience.
- Coursework in algorithms and data structures and discrete math.
- Familiarity with academic process and ability to engage with existing literature on relevant research topics (e.g., performing literature searches, comprehending papers).
- Professional software development experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced computer science or related degree.
- Coursework in applied and theoretical cryptography, mechanism design, distributed systems, or related fields.
- Familiarity with Go or Rust.
- Broad knowledge of blockchain technologies and familiarity with smart contracts.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Go
- Typescript
- Solidity
- Python
- LATEX
- git
- Linux/Unix